Hello. I have tried to make a KiCad extension using FastAPI to auto-apply components like capacitors and resistors to KiCad schematic, but I cannot get the pcbnew or kicad-skip to work as I want. I have to close and re-open the kiCad file every time I add components. Why cant I see the update in real time just like when I add a component manually? I thought KiCad was open-source, but it seems this function that finally adds the components are hidden?
I have spent 25 hours trying to just add the components to the schematic, but I now realize maybe it is not possible to make a function that like high-lights the newly added components in green and asks the user “Do you want to apply these changes?”. Will this feature come out soon?
Many people are working on auto-schematic and auto-placement right now, like flux.ai, DeepPCB, so if KiCad Devs could allow me to call their component-placement functions, I could implement a KiCad extension to make KiCad competitive in the future of auto-schematic and auto-placement algorithms. This could save much of time for new PCB designers.
Does anyone have any idea or thoughts regarding this?